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In the US, custody and support are separate matters and parenting time (i.e. visitation) can't be withheld because of being behind in child support or alimony payments.
CT - 32-year-old man held captive by stepmother Kimberly Sullivan since age 11, weighs 68 lbs, sets fire to home to escape, 17 Feb 2025
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In the US, custody and support are separate matters and parenting time (i.e. visitation) can't be withheld because of being behind in child support or alimony payments.
Even in a state where divorce records aren't sealed the information regarding children are usually sealed to protect them.
Thank you, I didn't know that.
If the biological mother was ordered to pay child support and possibly alimony too and didn't for whatever her problems were at the time she may not have even wanted to see her son or the father refused due to non-payment and she didn't file with the courts to see him.
She gave her daughter an open adoption and the boy/victim's father full custody.
It was court ordered for the parents to attend a common parenting course, maybe she refused to and was denied visitation until she completed it with the boy's father?
The abuse may have stemmed from having custody of the little boy and no financial help from his mother?
.So let's deny the innocent child food.
It;s all guessing and may come to naught.
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Norm Pattis, the New Haven-based attorney who has represented high-profile defendants in Connecticut numerous times, has joined the team representing the Waterbury woman accused of imprisoning her stepson for more than 20 years to argue an appeal of her bond conditions.
Pattis' firm, Pattis & Paz, said in a news release Friday that it has filed a motion with the Connecticut Appellate Court in an attempt to alter the conditions of Kimberly Sullivan's release after a Superior Court judge ordered she be monitored by GPS.
“In our view, there is a strong argument that the modification was made due to public attention and desire for punishment, rather than any real concern regarding her willingness to appear in court,” Paz said in the news release.
Pattis' firm, Pattis & Paz, said in a news release Friday that it has filed a motion with the Connecticut Appellate Court in an attempt to alter the conditions of Kimberly Sullivan's release after a Superior Court judge ordered she be monitored by GPS.
“In our view, there is a strong argument that the modification was made due to public attention and desire for punishment, rather than any real concern regarding her willingness to appear in court,” Paz said in the news release.
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The story made the news out here in Australia.
www.abc.net.au
A house fire led US police to a man allegedly held captive for decades
The man, now known only as "Male Victim 1", alleges he was held prisoner by his stepmother for 20 years — weighing just 31kg when rescued.
www.abc.net.au
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I can probably guess, even though he's dead.
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I can't even guess exactly what, but the man's escape probably brought some things to light that weren't addressed in the divorce.
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Nooooooooooo! Anyone who followed the Dulos case knows what this means. An absolute nightmare. Get ready for victim blaming and we’ll be lucky if this goes to trial before 2030.
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Kaloidis tells Vinnie that all the locks on doors in the photos that were released were there when the house was bought.
It's documented by the school that a lack of food for the victim goes back decades,
Even when KS was repeatedly informed by the school that the boy was hungry all the time , stole food from classmates and was seen eating food out of the garbage she did nothing.
He continued to come to school, dirty, thirsty and hungry with a filthy lunchbox that when checked one time by school it was empty.
KS's attorney can claim whatever he wants and blame the father for it all but it was KS who dealt with the school.
Attorney Ioannis Kaloidis forgets that by blaming the father and that he called the shots it leaves KS as a willing partner in abusing a young boy, denying him a proper education, denying him medical/dental care etc.and interfering with investigations into the child being abused.
I think Kaloidis's defense will be that KS was also abused by the father and lived in fear of him.
It will be awhile if this case goes to trial and as long as the victim makes progress in his recovery it wouldn't surprise me if he testifies'.
A reminder to self why Vinnie Politian is not my go to for anything.
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Captive Stepson Case: Kimberly Sullivan's Attorney Talks to Court TV
Ioannis Kaloidis represents Kimberly Sullivan, the woman accused of holding her stepson captive. He spoke to Court TV about her defense.www.courttv.com
It was her attorney who selected Vinnie as his go to. He is going to need a lot more than Vinnie to convince people that his client is blameless.
Her priorities were clearly not in the best interest of the victim. She is more concerned about her makeup.
As an animal lover, I have to ask.....has anyone learned of the fate of her 2 cats? Hope they didn't die in the fire.
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Judges have the discretion to deny bond even if the defendant meets all the criteria for a bond when they believe the crime is serious enough so KS should be grateful all she got was a GPS tracker.
OMG!
This is priceless.
I remember when it hit the news and the internet.
It was Pattis who really doomed AJ at that trial.
I think KS's current lawyer I.K. made a big mistake bringing this infamous guy on board, it's not rocket science filing a motion to try and get the GPS removed.
Patti's kinda reminds me of Lin Wood...another loon and one who got worse as he got older so stay tuned.
Snip from him representing Alex Jones.
Check out "The lead attorney for Jones"
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Thank you so much for bringing us the latest news on so many cases.
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Let's hope from the get-go that Judge Joseph Schwartz doesn't put up with any delaying shenanigans and also rules from the bench.
I have no doubt that he and other Connecticut judges are all too familiar with Pattis.
I'm curious if KS's lawyer I.K. knows he's in over his head with this gal's defense and his shaming/blaming the victim is not going to fly with a jury?
It looks like he doesn't because Pattis is despicable for victim blaming.
I get it that there are attorneys who favor representing despised defendants but it's how one does it and the little I just read about Pattis makes him toxic.
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It looks like he doesn't because Pattis is despicable for victim blaming.
I get it that there are attorneys who favor representing despised defendants but it's how one does it and the little I just read about Pattis makes him toxic.
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How is she paying her attorneys? Does she have a job? If she has money stashed away she wasn’t spending it on basic life necessities.
The house is so filthy, she could have had it professionally cleaned but chose not to. She can’t keep herself clean, much less the victim.
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From what's been reported about her financial status I don't think she has a pot to.....
John Kaloidis was with her at her first court appearance so it looks like KS already had legal counsel and didn't ask the judge for a public defender?
Unless defendants can be appointed a public defender by a judge before their first appearance and if so I think there's some kind of rotating list lawyers are picked from?
He could be representing her pro-bono but that is a head-scratcher because no matter how much publicity he'd garner he'd be racking up 100's of hours in no time.
I have no idea how KS even with family help could ever afford a personal attorney.
His law firm is just him and one other lawyer.
Our Team - The Kaloidis Law Firm
Our dedicated team of legal professionals is here ready to fight for our clients.
kaloidislaw.com
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It's hard for me to have faith in Humanity when people like this "stepmother" exist. I supposed if I understood why, I would be just like them. I watched a documentary on psychopaths and you'd be surprised at the numbers- 1 in 22 adults are psychos. Which not all psychopaths are violent. I wonder what the world would be like if we could somehow remedy the portion of the brain lacking associated with emotional response 
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I didn't follow the Dulos case closely, but I did follow Alex Jones's case very closely. I dislike Pattis intensely, due to his behavior in that case and the vile victim shaming. I guess if you can defend a disgusting liar like Alex Jones, who told his listeners that murdered children were crisis actors, defending KS isn't that much of a stretch.
I believe everyone is entitled to a robust defense, but not let's stray in to LoonyLand. Seems like a lot of defense lawyers get lost in there lately.
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I believe everyone is entitled to a robust defense, but not let's stray in to LoonyLand. Seems like a lot of defense lawyers get lost in there lately.
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